Senate Approves Biss’ Small Donor Match Legislation
ICPR Senior Advisor was quoted in this article
via – Evanston Now
“A measure sponsored by Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) to provide public matching for small political contributions was approved by the Illinois Senate today.
Biss said Senate Bill 1424, which would match contributions between $25 and $150 from local donors on a six-to-one basis, would help “restore the balance of power in government and ensure that average people – those who represent Main Street America and middle-class values, not Wall Street and the corporate class – have greater influence over the decisions that are made in Springfield and elsewhere.”
‘Everyone who is frustrated today by the influence that corporations and billionaires wield over politicians and the policy decisions they make should support the concept of small donor matching,’ Biss added.”
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